Jolie
Hound/labrador retriever/Australian Cattle Dog Mix | female | 1.5 Years Old | 61 Lbs
QUICK FACTS: ✔️ Housebroken! ✔️ Crate trained! ✔️ Good for beginner dog owner! ✔️Good in the car! ❌ No apartments! ❌ Would prefer to be an only dog!
Jolie found her forever home on March 1, 2022!
Updates
PUPDATE 3
Jolie, Jojo, has only been with us since Tuesday, but she’s been hugs & cuddles since immediately joining our pack while her foster is away.
Jo is …
- a mature 1.5 year old
- tail waggy & excellent on leash (a gentle leader head halter and charlie bear treats at the ready = EASY walking)
- a quick learner
- non-reactive to humans hands (in her mouth, wiping her paws, rubbing her ears, smothering her face with squishy hugs)
- ideal for people who’d like a mildly active dog
- a good sleeper & very calm in her kennel (as long as the entry includes a kong)
- a minimal shedder
- non-destructive (with things that aren’t hers )
- the best office mate to work from home with!
Though she’s still new to us, Jo is likely best suited for a one-dog family. Her previous sitter & I both had other dogs in the house. She has shown some resource guarding tendencies towards another dog - but not people.
She’s a hot item in my eyes!
PUPDATE 2 - JOLIE’S TINDER PROFILE
If you are looking for a partner in crime, or a short-term fling, swipe left. I’m too much of a good girl.
I’m SOOOO over short-term relationships and would like to settle down with someone who is willing to love unconditionally. I’m not perfect, but I’ve been working on myself and am ready for the next chapter in my life’s saga. I used to be a little jealous and would trash talk other dogs in the neighborhood, but I’ve learned to appreciate having someone in my life who is willing to assert a little guidance and authority in a language that I understand. Pack walks in a prong collar have become one of my favorite things to do, and consequently, I am now much more chill about seeing other dogs in my neighborhood while out on walks.
As to my profession, I am a security specialist at heart (likely from a proud herding ancestry mixed with a bit of the neighbor’s sneaky dog). While I am learning to embrace my zen, I do still take my security role in the residence seriously. Consequently, I will still bark a little bit if I become aware of a security threat (mainly coyotes howling in the distance, suspicious FedEx drivers, or that dang feral cat that poops under our porch). I am pretty easily re-directed though, and have learned that a short voicemail message will suffice to send out the security alert, and that I DON’T ALSO NEED TO SEND MULTIPLE ALL-CAPS EMAILS, TEXTS AND FAX ALERTS.
My favorite things include: treats that I have to work for (puzzles, training, frozen kongs), car rides, chew toys, pack walks, play dates with other dogs, belly rubs on the couch, and warm snoozes in front of the fireplace. Turn-offs include pedicures, vacuum cleaners, and leafy greens. I haven’t had much contact with small humans or cats inside my current residence, so I don’t know how I feel about sharing a home with those types of individuals.
I had a challenging upbringing, and have only had a home-schooled education. My special skills include knowing sit, down, stay, crate, place (where I sleep) and rug (area by the door where I’m to wait before/after walks), but I will admit to ignoring this knowledge base when I’m really excited. If treats are involved, I get really smart. I am crate trained, although I have free-roaming privileges when my house-mates are home. Since my house-mates act as the kitchen staff and they only respond to nonverbal cues, I will go into the crate and sit quietly to communicate that I’m HUNGRY. If they decide to crate me when they are home for some inexplicable reason, I’m helpful and will bark a couple times just to confirm that they wanted me in the crate. If they don’t immediately come to my rescue, I take the hint and will then settle in and get comfy.
I’m not trying to give you the stink-eye or a side-eye (…ok, sometimes I am…), it just looks like that because I have heterochromia. I might look a little more serious than some of those other derpy dogs, but I think having eyes of differing colors is exotic looking. My beauty is NOT an optical illusion - I’m gorgeous! You’ll want to get yourself some Jolie! Swipe right!
PUPDATE 1
After a full night of sleep curled up on her dog bed, Jolie enjoys getting a morning walk, breakfast and then hangs out with a chew toy or naps while the hoomans work. She enjoys it when the hoomans take a break to give her belly rubs. In the evening, there is another walk before dinner, and maybe some zoomies before bedtime.
Jolie has enjoyed going to the outdoor patios of several local pubs and pet stores, as she soaks in the love from adoring strangers, and has been very polite in those settings. The hoomans have also had numerous guests in their home, and she is generally fine with them and enjoys the extra attention that she gets. There is occasionally a person that visits the home or that she encounters on a walk that she will bark at, but she will settle down with a correction while on a walk, or a calm intro to the person in the home.
When Jolie gets very excited for pets and attention she wants to put paws up on people to greet them. She is much better now about greeting hoomans with all four feet on the floor, but when she is really excited she sometimes forgets. If you move back away from her, she remembers her training and settles down for some loving.
She has not had exposure to children while in foster care in Wisconsin.
Jolie is a medium-energy dog. She is happy to hike as far as you want, but also is ok with 2 short walks a day. She will occasionally get brief zoomies around the house, but is generally pretty chill in the house, napping or working on her toys.
She does great with dogs off leash outside her territory (in other people’s yards). On leash, she needs a little time to acclimate to the dogs with corrections being made if she shows reactivity. Slow intros are needed for any dog visiting her home. Because her leash reactivity tends to develop around dogs being on leash in close proximity, she is likely not suited at this point for large apartment complexes where there are a lot of dogs in close proximity. She does well in single family housing/suburban area, even with a lot of dogs in neighborhood. The foster just started using a prong collar and going on pack walks with her, and she has shown improvement.
Jolie is a very sweet dog in the home and on car rides. She is potty trained and crate trained, and is happy to chill with a chew toy while the hoomans are working. Other dogs can make her nervous and leash reactive (pulling/barking/growling at other dogs), so she needs to work on her confidence. Using a prong collar, slow intros to other dogs, and going on pack walks seem to be helping. Like all of us, she needs a little help to work through her issues, but she will be a great addition to her fur-ever home.
She has not had exposure to cats while in foster care in Wisconsin.
Jolie has been gaining trust in the foster home. Although she is crated when we leave the house, she is largely free to roam when we are in the home and occupied with other matters. If she is crated when the hoomans are at home, she might briefly whine to remind you that she is there, but will settle down in short order if ignored.
Jolie is a sweetie pie!